Before-and-after imagery shows how Hurricane Dorian put the runway of the main airport in the Bahamas underwater in its historic pummeling of the island.

The video, shared on Twitter on Monday by Kionne McGhee, a member of the Florida House of Representatives, shows waves crashing against the terminal building at Grand Bahama International Airport in the city of Freeport. McGhee said the video was sent to him by Iram Lewis, a member of Parliament in the Bahamas.

Water covers the entire apron of the airport in the video, which appears to have been taken from inside the terminal.

It brought walls of water as high as 23 feet (7 meters) — so high that authorities told people to find flotation devices and hammers to escape from their attics if they needed to, The Associated Press reported.

Hubert Minnis, the prime minister of the Bahamas, said the islands were "in the midst of a historic tragedy." He called the devastation to the country "unprecedented and extensive."

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